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Vaya Space is a space and defense company, founded in 2017 as Rocket Crafters, based in Cocoa, Florida. It develops and manufactures orbital launch vehicles and vortex-hybrid rocket engines. In 2022, the company won the International Green Apple Environment Award and was recognised as a Green World Ambassador. In 2024, it was awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX to develop hybrid engine technology for hypersonic missiles. A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center was signed in 2024. Its hybrid rocket has a successful launch on 29 January 2022. Dauntless is a rocket with 3 stages, hybrid propulsion, length: 19.7 m, and a payload of 1.100 kg to LEO, 600 kg SSO. Its first orbital trip is planned for 2028. The fuel utilised by the rocket is solid: 3D printed from recycled thermoplastics combined with liquid oxidizer.
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Rocket Crafters, Inc.; Vaya Space, Inc.
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